Now friends...as we is quickly approachin' that HOT...PASSIONATE & LOVE-DRENCHED month....known as "Dino-Amore Month"...here at our COOL COOL pad...I figured I would do some wintery weathery meshin' with some lovey dovey croonin'!

So...guess what I did?

YUP!

Reached for my FAVE Winter al b um... once 'gain, pallies, Haha!

"Winter Romance"!

SO SO easy to choose a tune from this record, pals o mine...I just cants' help myself!!! Hahaha!!!

Here's what youse do. Simply mix 2 parts Passion with one part Snow...Shake well...pour over ice...garnish with a wink, & PRESTO!

What a jam & NO ONE does that kinda concoction better that our guy, Dean!

Well... here we go, mi amici.

Grab a glass...sit back & enjoy the peacefulness.

The rest of the world may be hybernatin', pallies...but Dino will keep us burnin' burnin' burnin' 'til Spring & thins' DEF I NATE LY won't cool off!

Salute!

The flame that we kindled hasn't dwindled at all
It just keeps burnin' burnin' burnin' it won't cool off
Your smile is the gold that leads it
Your kiss is the coal that feeds it
And keeps me yearnin' yearnin' it won't cool off

And when a cloudy day begins to storm up
We'll pity those who find it hard to warm up
We've got a lovely furnace goin' for us glowin' for us
Burnin' burnin' and it won't cool off

And when a cloudy day begins to storm up
We'll pity those who find it hard to warm up
'Cause we got a knocked out furnace goin' for us glowin' for us
Burnin' burnin' and it won't cool off
Burnin' burnin' and it won't cool off

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Hey pallies, likes logic tells us that there is a finite number of photos of our most beloved Dino, while common sense tells us that we will never ever cast our gazes at everyone of 'em. And, 'cause of that, we will always always be searchin' for pixs of our Dino yet uncovered by ilovedinomartin.

Likes recently we had a wee bit of time to do some google image searchin' and we felt so led by our Dino to simply place the words DEAN MARTIN AT HOME in the ol' google image search engine. One of the first places we were led to is the entertainment pad, "TV BUZER," which we had never ever been to before. What we found there was a stellar summary of our Dino's life and times which is printed below for your Dino-edification, as well as a potent parcel of Dino-images includin' at least half of 'em bein' Dino-poses that we ain't ever remember castin' our glance on before!

We can see why our quire of DEAN MARTIN AT HOME led us here 'cause four of the pixs are shots of our Dino at home with fam Martin. There are also four candid shots of our Dino on the set of the 1962 Rat Pack epic "Sergeants 3." All in all, these stunnin'ly stellar assortment of Dino-poses provide a fine feast for Dino-holics viewin' Dino-pleasure! And, of course, this delightful Dino-find will simply spur us on to more and more Dino-treasure!

We salute the pallies at "TV BUZER" for these wise words and potent poses on in huge homage of our one and only Dino. To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

TV BUZER Dean Martin At Home

If there had to be one image for cool, the one man to fit it would be Dean Martin. Born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio, he spoke only Italian until age five. Martin came up the hard way, with such jobs as a boxer (named Kid Crochet), a steel mill worker, a gas station worker and a card shark.

In 1946 he got his first ticket to stardom, as he teamed up with another hard worker who was also trying to hit it big in Hollywood: y-Lewis">Jerry Lewis. The duo were to become one of Hollywood's truly great teams. They lasted 11 years together, and starred in 16 movies. They were unstoppable, but personality conflicts broke up the team.

Even without Lewis, Martin was a true superstar. Movies such as The Young Lions (1958) and Rio Bravo (1959) brought him international fame. One of his best remembered films is in Ocean's Eleven (1960), in which he played Sam Harmon alongside the other members of the legendary Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. After this point, Dean went on to more critically acclaimed ventures, such as in Sergeants 3 (1962), Toys in the Attic (1963), and Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963).

In 1965 Martin explored a new method for entertaining his fans: Television. That year he hosted one of the most successful TV series in history: The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (1965), which lasted until 1973. In 1965 it won a Golden Globe Award. In 1973 he renamed it "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour", and from 1974 to 1984 it was renamed again, this time "The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts". It became one of the most successful TV series in history, skewering such greats as Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, James Stewart, George Burns' Milton Berle, Don Rickles Phyllis Diller, and Joe Namath.

After the 1980s Martin took it easy--that is, until his son, Dean Paul Martin died in a plane crash in 1987. Devastated by the loss, from which he never recovered, he walked out on a reunion tour with Sinatra and Davis. Martin spent his final years in solitude. He died on Christmas Day, 1995.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Hey pallies, likes today we share some delightful Dino-devotion courtesy of our Dino-bro Danny-o, who sent this our way early in Dino-winter month, and likes 'cause it wasn't on that theme, we saved it up to serve it up to all youse Dino-holics early in this new Dino-year....so thanks pallie Danny-o for sendin' it our way and for your patience in waitin' to see it here at our humble little Dino-blog, ilovedinomartin.

Likes from the pallies at the online presence of AWM, "American Web Media, come a hugely honorin' homage of our most beloved Dino tagged "There Are Many Memorable Dean Martin Performances, But This One Might Take The Cake." This particular patter awesomely accents our Dino's live performance of his classic croon of the swank standard, "King Of The Road." As many of youse pallies will remember the song was part of the 1965 Live From The Kiel Opera House memorial concert featurin' the Rat Pack and shown on closed circuit television.

We really digs the wise wonderful words of awesome adulation of our Dino superbly scribed by the unknown pallie from AWM. Might we just share a few of this scriber's amazin' affirmations of our one and only Dino:

......Dean Martin had one of the silkiest smooth voices ever to grace this earth.

Decades later, millions still listen to Dean Martin croon over the airwaves.

.....Dean Martin shined like a lone star.....

.....Martin still shines like gold.

We're completely certain that all youse Dino-holics feels likes we do....we can never ever get 'nough
stunnin'ly stellar, swank statements bein' made 'bout our main man!!!!! So we sez our thank you very much to our own Danny-o for puttin' us on to this particularly powerful patter a la Dino, to the pallies at AWM for sharin' this amazin' adulation of our most beloved Dino with the wider world, and to that unknown pallie who cleverly 'n coolly crafted this warm hearted homage to our one and only Dino!

To checks this out in it's original source, likes per usual, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-message. The Dino-legacy simply grows deeper and wider and fuller with each and every passin' Dino-day!

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

There Are Many Memorable Dean Martin Performances, But This One Might Take The Cake

When it comes right down to it,Dean Martinhad one of the silkiest smooth voices ever to grace this earth. And because of that he quickly became one of the most popular singers of his generation. But his popularity did not stop there. Decades later, millions still listen to Dean Martin croon over the airwaves.

Below we are sharing one of the best Dean Martin moments. It is a 1965 sing-along classic that was originally written and performed by Roger Miller. The song, which is a type of hobo song, speaks about life on the move and might be one of your favorite performances ever done by Dean Martin. The song is called “King of the Road” and has been covered by many talented performers, but without a doubt, Dino’s performance here takes the cake.

Scroll down to watch Dean Martin sing this classic song and allow it to transport you back to the Good Old Days once again…

Dean Martin delivered this chipper and delightful rendition of the classic song during the memorial concert called “The Frank Sinatra Spectacular” that happened just months before Martin would land his own television show.

Although The Rat Pack was together for the event, Dean Martin shined like a lone star and caught the attention of all the executives and fans in the audience. It was hard to miss him among the crowd.

Even though he gets teased mercilessly throughout the song, especially near the end of the track, Martin still shines like gold.

Check out this man, who was always a class act, sing the famous road song that inspired millions to live a simpler life.

The video featured below was filmed in St. Louis on closed circuit television, which back in 1965 was an experiment.

Tens of thousands of fans have tuned in to watch this decades-old performance that still holds true to the masses of the world today.

Viewers contributed their comments underneath the YouTube video, which included the following:

“I’ve not seen the videotape version before. Much much better than the version released on the Ultimate Rat Pack Collection.”

“It’s nice to see the smoother, videotape version of this clip. Much better than the kinescope. Makes me wonder why it wasn’t included in the DVD”

According to VanityFair.com, “Sinatra said, ‘Be there,’ and they were there—Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Trini Lopez, Kaye Stevens, and an amalgamation of two different bands, including members of the Count Basie Orchestra, conducted by a lean cat named Quincy Jones.”

Vanity Fair continues: “Dean Martin with his sleepy power, like a leopard in a smoking jacket, finishing his few songs with the words ‘I’d like to do some more for ya, but I’m lucky I remembered these.’”

The event was a huge success and attracted viewers from all over the country, who watched it on their television sets as well in the Las Vegas venue. Many tuned in for Frank Sinatra, but stayed for Dean Martin’s velvety voice, including the rendition of “King of the Road” as shown below.

What do you make of this special Dean Martin performance?

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Hey pallies, likes here is more information on this day in Dino-history...January 17, 1974 when our Dino's boy pallie Dino Jr.was arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns. He was arraigned and released the next day on $5,000 bail.

Below you will find a copy of two news articles printed in mags of the time givin' all the details on the arrest. We thanks our pallie Nici over at the ilovedeanpaulmartin pad at yahoo groups (clicks on tag of this Dino-post to goes there) who first posted 'em there for our Dino-edification.

Truly, truly this certainly musta been quite the traumatic day for fam Martin...but it all turned out just fine for heir-apparent to the Dino-throne Dino Jr.

Hey pallies, likes today is likes 'nother important date in our Dino's life and times, for it was on this very day, January 17, in the year of our Dino, 1974 that our most beloved Dino's most beloved boypallie Dino Jr. was 'rested for tryin' "to sell an undercover cop an AK-47 machine gun."

You can read all 'bout it below through the efforts of scriber Mr. Andrew Vaughan and the pallies at Gibson.com. The press certainly had a field day with this Dino-event, but as you will note below, Dino Jr. "was arrested, arraigned and baled out the next day. He’d end up with probation and a small fine."

I'm sure this was a very sad sad day in the life of family Martin, 'specially for our Dino and Dino Jr.s mother, Jeanne.

Thanks to the pallies at Gibson, and in particular Mr. Andrew Vaughan for creatin' this Dino Jr. remembrance. To read this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

This Day in Music Spotlight: Dino Martin’s Action-Packed Life

January 17, 1974

Andrew Vaughan|01.17.2011

Special thanks to ThisDayinMusic.com.

January 17, 1974 was not aparticularly good day in the eventful and erratic life of Dean Paul Martin (aka Dino), son of the legendary all-around entertainer Dean Martin. Kids of celebrities more often than not struggle to find any kind of normal in their own lives and Dino was not especially good at normal.

In the early ’70s he was on a roll. He’d fallen for movie star Olivia Hussey, tracked her down, wooed and married her and they had a son, Alex. Dino was a Hollywood golden boy and Olivia Hussey, star of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, was the Hollywood darling of the day.

Dino had a hobby that would cause a dramatic arrest to be made at his Beverly Hills home. Since he was young, Dino had rare unusual weapons and engaged a in a bit of buying, selling and trading. On this particular occasion he tried to sell an undercover cop an AK-47 machine gun. It was strictly illegal and Martin was arrested, arraigned and baled out the next day. He’d end up with probation and a small fine.

Always looking for adventure and excitement, Martin found it hard to settle and he and Hussey split up in 1978. By then he’d become a pretty good tennis player and starred alongside Ali McGraw as a pro in the 1979 film Players, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best New Star of the Year.

But acting didn’t really do it for him and he took to flying. He’d had his pilot's license since he was 16 but, in 1981, he qualified to fly with the National Guard. Sadly, he died in 1987, when his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in the San Bernadino Mountains.

Of course, growing up as Dean Martin’ son must have been easy in some ways. There were some highlights in Dino’s short, but action-packed life. As a kid he was briefly a pop star with the Dino, Desi and Billy act alongside Desi Arnaz Jr., and William “Billy” Hinsche. A teenybopper outfit, they had two Top 30 hits, “I’m a Fool” and “Not the Lovin’ Kind” in the mid-’60s. But it was the way the trio got their record deal that gives most insight into what it was really like growing up celebrity royalty in Hollywood in the 1960.

Hinsche, talking to ClassicBands.com, told a great story about that day: “[Frank] Sinatra and Dean [Martin] were together at the bar at the Martin’s house. We met Mr. Sinatra, set up and played. After we did our little set, he came over with Dean and said, ‘How would you boys like to have a contract with my label, Reprise?’ ‘Sure, Mr. Sinatra,’ and that was that.”

Hey pallies, likes we are back with the link to the last part of hugely historic live May 1977 concert that our most beloved Dino and his most beloved pallie Mr. Frank Sinatra did in Tarrytown, New York at Westchester Music Theatre. As mention yester-Dino-day, this coolest of cool concert has been permanently posted at the web pad, "STRANGER IN TOWN" where Mr. Rich Buckland holds forth.

Yesterday we shared the first 2/3rds of the concert that includes both swank sets of croons from our Dino and Mr. Sinatra. Today's postin' is the link to the last third of the concert that includes perfect patter...and a ton of it, between our most beloved Dino and Sinatra, followed by a marvelous medley of croons that goes back and forth between our Dino and Sinatra. Dino's sings "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "Pennies From Heaven," "Embrace Me," "Where Or When," and "O Marie." Mr. Sinatra weaves these croons between our Dino's...."My Kind Of Town," "A Foggy Day," "The Lady Is A Tramp," "They Can't Take That Away From Me. Our Dino and Mr. Sinatra close the gig with a duet of "When You're Smiling."

As we mentioned in our last post, while the "STRANGER IN TOWN" blog pad allowed us to copy the embed code for the video to share it with youse right here at ilovedinomartin. Likes to view it in in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram. We terrifically thank Mr. Rich Buckland for puttin' up both videos so that pallies everywhere have access to this swankly stunnin'ly stellar concert between our one and only Dino and his pallie of pallies, Mr. Frank Sinatra.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin - The Unseen 1977 Westchester Premier 'Goodfellas' Theater TV Special - Part Two - Frank and Dino Kick It Old School In This Final Segment of Their Never Aired Television Special Taped In New York In 1977

Monday, January 16, 2017

Hey pallies, likes today we begins with a tender, touchin' testimonal 'bout the transformin' power of our Dino, followed by noteworthy news of a delightful Dino-discovery we made while combin' the ol' net. Likes, the link between these two portions of prose is our recentin' post, "Dean Martin - Live at Westchester Music Theatre in New York 1977.

First to the Dino-testimonal. If youse have been followin' the recent Dino-action here at ilovedinomartin youse will know that it was our own Miss AOW who put us on to the youtube vid of our most beloved Dino's portion of his May 1977 live concert with his main pallie Mr. Frank Sinatra at the Westchester Music Theatre in Tarrytown, New York. Well, in the purely potent patter that she left followin' our postin' of said vid, our Miss AOW left her most heart-felt comments that we know will also touch Dino-hearts all 'round the universe....."As you know, I've been very ill since June. It's only the last few weeks that I've been able to explore for Dino finds. When I happen upon a find such as this one, my health improves. Our Dino is healing magic!" We have absolute appreciation for Miss AOW so openin'ly speakin' of how our Dino is awesomely aidin' in her healin' process.

Now, to the noteworthy news of our recent Dino-discovery. In our correspondance back and forth over email 'bout the timin' of sharin' Miss AOW's Dino-vid discovery, she expressed to us her concern that "I hope that the video stays put on YouTube." Likes, we all knows how videos of all sorts come and go on the youtube sight, and we are sure that all of you, likes us, have been deeply deeply disappointed when a great Dino-vid has been removed from viewin'. And, likes indeed we don't know how long Miss AOW's discovery will remain up at youtube.

So, her is the noteworthy news that we are sure will delight Miss AOW and Dino-holics every-Dino-where! While doin' more searchin' via google for information on the historic concerts that our Dino and Mr. Sinatra shared in Tarrytown in May of 1977 we happened upon a blog pad tagged "STRANGER IN TOWN" where Mr. Rich Buckland holds forth. What we discovered actually are two posts that Mr. Buckland put up on September 9, 2013 and February 10, 2014 that appear, between 'em to include every recorded moment of video of the " Live at Westchester Music Theatre in New York 1977." Likes what makes this such greatly grand news is that these vids will mostly be
permanently posted to Mr. Buckland's site. So pallies likes Miss AOW and the rest of us Dino-philes will be able to grooves on these historic Dino-croons for the long haul!!!!!!

Likes we probably never ever would have come 'cross these Dino-treasures ourselves if Miss AOW hadn't done some Dino-homework to find a portion of the concert up on youtube. We will be presentin' the vids in two parts, today sharin' the first portion of over 33 glorious minutes of our Dino and Mr. Sinatra's swank sets of croons, and tomorrow the rest of the concert that includes a ton of swingin' patter between our Dino and Mr. Sinatra followed by a series of croons they do back and forth with each other that runs over 16 more minutes.

Below is the patter that Mr. Buckland shared with the video, notin' "Our Very Special Thanks To The Late Greg Garrison - Feb. 20, '24 – Mar. 25, '05," who produced the video that was shot durin' one of the live concerts. We are pleased as punch that the "STRANGER IN TOWN" pad allowed us to download the vid in all it's glory. And, likes if youse simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram you will goes to Buckland's pad and see it in all it's glory.

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Hey pallies, likes have we got great news for all youse Dino-holics!!!!! Likes after finishin' up the patter from yester-Dino-day's Dino-devotion sharin' Miss AOW's find of our Dino's powerful portion of the live recordin' of our Dino and Mr. Sinatra sharin' the stage of the Westchester Stage in New York in May of 1977, we decided to do a bit of google searchin' to see what else might be out there on the ol' world wide web related to this fabulous Dino-event.

Likes what we found is a pad tagged "Maximum Sound - For those hard to find concerts" that has a DVD recordin' of this awesomely acclaimed hugely historic coolest of cool concert and the price is a mere 12 bucks, and regular shippin' in the ol' USA is included in the price. As you will note below, the pallies at "Maximum Sound" share that the "quality is about 7/10 (has a watermark at the bottom throughout)." So, likes it ain't perfect pallies, but to be able to get these glorious 65 minutes of Dino-glory 'long with Mr. Sinatra, at this price is absolutely amazin'!

Below is the set list for both our most beloved Dino, Mr. Sinatra and the croons they do together. We are sorry that we ain't able to share the image of the DVD cover from this sight 'cause it can't be copied, so instead we share the image we discovered for yesterday's post. Likes to checks this out in it's original source and place your order, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Maximum Sound
For those hard to find concerts

Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin Westchester NY 5-77 on DVD

Your Price: $12.00
Part Number:7061

Decent quality Pro-shot broadcast recording of Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin, recorded live at the Westchester Premier Theater, in Tarrytown, NY on during a May 1977 series of shows. DVD has a total running time of 65 minutes. Quality is about 7/10 (has a watermark at the bottom throughout), and setlist is as follows:

Frank Sinatra:
For once in my life
I love my wife
It was a very good year
One for my baby
My way

Frank & Dean
Medley

This region-free DVD-R is in NTSC format and will play on most Gaming consoles and DVD Players made since 2000, and comes in a FULL SIZE DVD case (US orders only), with cover art and track listing.
US First class shipping is FREE! US Priority shipping on this item is $5.00. International shipping is now FREE for just the COVER INSERT AND DISK. NO hard case is shipped for international orders. This is due to drastic increases in postage costs for anything that requires a customs form. Disk and cover can be shipped as a letter and should be delivered without customs inspection delays.
Credit card payment or Money order ships in the next shipment within 2-3 days. Currently shipping orders 3 times a week.

Friday, January 13, 2017

Hey pallies, likes today we have a tantalizing treat for all youse Dino-holics courtesy of our Miss AOW, who wrote us an email 'bout a delightful discovery she made while checkin' out the Dean Scene at youtube recently. What Miss AOW fondly found was a 15 minute live vid clip of our most beloved Dino's set of croons while performin' at the Westchester Music Theatre in Tarrytown, New York in the year of our Dino 1977.

Likes as Miss AOW shared, "Our Dino is in rare form, especially with 'Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown' and the patter afterwards." We couldn't 'gree more with her 'specially 'bout the "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" number as our Dino was in fantastic form doin' all the marvelous moves that only our Dino does...usin' his whole beautiful body to sell the song. The set begins with our Dino usin' his openin' croon potent parody of "When You're Smiling" turned into "When You're Drinkin'" followed by "Leroy Brown," "Welcome To My World," and "That's Amore."

Likes pallies, this is our Dino at the pinnacle of his cool career....cooler, hipper, and randier then ever! We remember readin' a ton of swank stuff 'bout these great gigs with Mr. Sinatra in that beautiful bio,"Dino: Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams" by Nick Tosches. Seein' this clip is goin' to send us back to review all the Dino-details includin' the fact that our Dino took his latest amore at the time, the 19 year old co-ed Miss Andre Boyer with him to Westchester to meet his pallies and then went on to come concert dates in Chicago with Sinatra where he celebrated his sixtieth birthday with Miss Andre.

We thanks Miss AOW who can be found HERE on the ol' web for puttin' us on to these mighty mesmerizing moments of deep deep Dino-delight! We are hopin' to share more intriguin' info and pixs from our Dino's victorious visit to the Westchester Theatre in the near future. BTW, we ain't ever been able to snag a shot of our King of Cool with the youthful Miss Boyer for sharin' here...likes if any of youse Dino-philes have even a clue of where images of Dino and Andre might be located, please kindly drops us a line!

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Hey pallies, likes we are deeply delighted to return for a second day of Dino-fun courtesy of "Bully" of "BULLY SAYS: Comics Oughta Be Fun!" Likes after findin' the Dino-comic book post of yester-Dino-day, we knew we simply had to do a wee bit of searchin' of "Bully's" blog to see what else he might have shared Dino-wise. Well, likes we weren't too surprise to find the post below accentin' the series of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comics, 'cause we have shared tons of stuff on 'em before.

Well, likes today, from "Bully's" post of May 21, 2013 we get a view of a comic book ad for "The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis that premiered in July-August 152. Along with that, "Bully" shares the full color front page of the first issue as well as swank selected comic pages for our Dino-readin' pleasure. And, likes we absolutely appreciates "Bully's" appreciato for this Dino-treasure, sayin' the comics "are pretty sharp, well-cartooned, and genuinely funny." We woulda totally 'gree with him and wishes that we coulda gets our hands on 'em ourselves.

Thanks once 'gain goes out to Mr. "Bully" for sharin' fun fun posts on our Dino in the comic books!
To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this particular Dino-gram.

The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis featured cartoon versions of Dean 'n' Jerry (not to be confused with Tom & Jerry, or Ben & Jerry) in comedy stories of 2-3 chapters per issue, based on their screen personas. It's doubtful that Martin and Lewis had anything at all to do with the comics other than okaying their agents to license their names and likenesses, but I'd like to think they would have enjoyed it—it's actually pretty clever and funny.

Thanks to Jerry's horsing around, the pair are soon fired by their boss at the pastry factory, opening a position for Lucy Ricardo.

Oh, this won't end well.

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (and its later replacement, The Adventures of Jerry Lewis) are pretty sharp, well-cartooned, and genuinely funny, much like its companion DC title The Adventures of Bob Hope. It's just too bad that expired licensing restrictions keep these comics from being reprinted for today's audience. They're a hoot!

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Hey pallies, likes as we have often said 'round these here Dino-parts, likes you just never ever know where our most beloved Dino is goin' to show up next. Likes,on Monday of this particular Dino-week, we shared that our main man was front and center in a short fictional story scribed by a youthful lady author, Miss Tejaswini Apte-Rahm, as part of her first published anthology book tagged "These Circuses That Sweep The Landscape." Well, likes today we move from our Dino in a recent work of fiction to our Dino accented in a comic book circa 1964! And, likes we thinks this is just so so completely cool, 'cause as most of youse Dino-holics knows, our Dino loved, loved, loved to read comic books!

So, we takes youse to the coolest of cool comic book blog tagged "BULLY SAYS: Comics Oughta Be Fun!" where "Bully's" post "365 Days of Celebrities in Comics, Day 6: Herbie, The Love God" shares prose and selected comic panels from "Herbie, Boy 'Beetle!'" in Herbie #5 (American Comics Group, October-November 1964). Tryin' to explain who Herbie is and how our Dino...and his bestest of best pallie, Mr. Frank Sinatra" are found within the pages of this comic woulda takes more time then simply havin' you read "Bully's" fun efforts below.

Likes, of course, we knew that our Dino and Mr. Jerry Lewis had their own comic book series (and we will soon feature 'nother post from "Bully" accentin' that) we had not known that our Dino had been found in other comics of that era, so we are powerfully pumped to be sharin' this particular post with you to awesomely add to your Dino-edification.

We sez our thoughtful thanks to our newest pallie "Bully" for this fantastically fun blog post which has simply made our Dino-day! To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-message. And, likes stay tuned for find out where our Dino will turn up next!

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

FRIDAY, JANUARY 06, 2017

Whenever those periodic questions about "who would beat whom?" come up in the superhero community, I always pick one of two possible champions: Bugs Bunny or Herbie Popnecker. They've never, ever been defeated, whether fighting Hitler or Yosemite Sam. But Herbie has a slight edge over the wabbit in at least one area. Bugs may have his attention diverted by a beautiful lady rabbit (or, indeed, a robot or witch dressed as a lady rabbit), but Herbie is the perfect asexual creature. We can only hope one day that he reproduces using mitosis.

That's why it's always surprising to see girls go gaga over the Uncanny Herbie. Why, even Jughead pretty much has only Ethel chasing after him. But it's what happens when the cruel, cruel Mr. Popnecker drags the reluctant Herbie to the movies just to see Frank and Dino. Ni, not Frank Flinstone and Dino the Dinosaur, as A Man Called Flintstone would not be released to the silver screen until 1966. Also: his name isn't Frank, no matter what Wilma says.

Okay, in between those panels and these next ones a whole lotta weird stuff happens (as it does in Herbie comics) involving a theatre saboteur with a big red clown nose doping up movie popcorn to make you whistle through your ears, and that's not just because of the size of a "large" popcorn being even to feed a family of four over a period of six days. No, let's just skip to Herbie trying to escape a ramaging mob by putting a mop on his head while meanwhile the "Beetles" play their hit song that has all the gals swooning in the aisles and peeing their 1960s capri pants.

Now, even though Ogden Whitney has delivered a near photo-perfect depiction of the actual Beatles, I'm not counting them as today's celebrity of the day as they are clearly a parody named "The Beetles." Over in England, Brian Epstein curses and waves his fist at American Comics Group because he cannot sue them, as they have cunningly disguised their target of tomfoolery so well by changing a vowel.

Oh, and teens come runnin' for the great taste of Herbie Popnecker.

Tracking down the Man with the Red Nose (oh yeah! I already forgot about him!) pop sensation Herbie, now calling himself Eibreh Rekcenpop, crashes (literally! look, it's right there in the sound effects) into the dressing room of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, who you can tell are today's guest celebrities because I've put their names in bold. I challenge the idea of Dino and Frankie sharing. a dressing room, as no one single dressing room could possibly contain Frank's mafia connections and Dean's drinks, but comics are sometimes forced to take a storytelling shortcut, so let's give it an official TV Tropes-style handwave and get on with the story.

Frank and Dean immediately snap into action and do what they do best: attacking Herbie. Ouch! That's gotta hurt...well, you know, it looks like invincible Herbie wasn't thrown off by that at all. As Robert Evans might say, the kid stays in the picture ARHGHHH (gets dragged off stage by giant hook)

Herbie has Martin and Sinatra (Marnatra?) lead him to the Man with the Red Nose (oh yeah! That guy!) but they're too intimidated to face off against him themselves. Chickens! Frank Sinatra is a big chicken! Dean Martin goes cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck! Buck buck buck buck buck! (is ushered offtage by a pair of burly goons telling me Mr. Sinatra would like to have a few words with me)

Then Herbie tosses the Man with the Red Nose (oh, don't tell me you've forgotten about him already) into a giant movie theater corn-popper, where he is then sold in giant buckets to the Alt-Right (aka Nazis) protesting Rogue One by buying tickets, entering the theater, buying popcorn, throwing away the popcorn, not going into the movie and going home. That'll show those precious snowflakes! (Precious Snowflakes Figurines™ is actually a registered copyright of Hallmark).

So all's well that ends with a guy being smothered to death in a popcorn popper, and without the moptop wig, Herbie's sexual attractiveness to the opposite sex is transferred back over to Dean and Frank, who spend the next six months in traction after being trampled by teens. Then, Herbie's dad adds yet another folder full of information to the case of Child Services v. Popnecker. Seriously, that guy is so emotionally abusive to his son, Bruce Banner's father looks up at him as a role model.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Hey pallies, likes we are always always most most deeply delighted with a faithful reader of ilovedinomartin puts us on to Dino-post that very very likely we woulda not discover without their golden guidance, and we are ever more appreciative when the post has been scribed by said faithful reader. Case in point, today we once 'gain visit with the mighty marvelous musical blog tagged "DU-DUM-DUM," where fellow Dino-holic Mr. Victor Hugo holds forth. Over the course of time we have shared a select number of delightful Dino-prose from Mr. Hugo's pen and you will be able to locate 'em by typin' the tag Victor Hugo in the search bar at the top left of this blog.

Very recently Victor graciously shared a bit of patter on one of our ilovedinomartin posts pleasantly pointin' us in the direction of his blog where durin' December he has swankly shared his terrific thoughts on a recent cool compilation of early Dino-croons tagged "Dean Martin 'That's Amore - A Selection Of Singles & EP's 1946-1962'." Likes before we goes on we woulda likes to state that Mr. Victor Hugo hails from Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain and who's bio info tells us that he is in the Biotech field. So, once 'gain we are powerfully pumped to share yet more Dino-adulation internationale!

Below are Hugo's well written words on this four CD set and his awesome admiration for our Dino shines through his touchin' 'n tender thoughts." And, likes it is such a pure pleasure to share a fellow Dino-philes amazin'ly awesome admiration for our most most beloved Dino. We salute Mr. Victor Hugo and thank him for all his efforts in bringin' our Dino front and center to his readership and for takin' the time to let us know 'bout this particular post! To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-message.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

One of those gems: Dean Martin 'That's Amore - A Selection Of Singles & EP's 1946-1962':

One more year, finally, are the Christmas dates that we like so much and that we relate so much in my house with the voice of Dean Martin. As it could not be otherwise, the beginning of winter must be faced in the best way possible. And what better than with the loved ones at your side, with the warm house, with the aroma of ginger and cinnamon cookies and with Dino doing his own!

If last year we talked about the box 'Eight Classic Albums' , today we stop for a while to do the same for 'That's Amore - A Selection Of Singles & EP 's 1946-1962' . Another reference of specialized label Real Gone Music I do not think it is necessary to translate or explain.

Pros of this issue: If you decide on this compilation have in an accessible and clear (4 CDs with 71 songs) much of their success. On the other hand, thanks to the chronological order, it has been endearing to me to appreciate like song to song and little by little, Dean Martin was growing in confidence to happen of being a young singer of traditional and classic court to develop already at its fullness a style really Unique and unmistakable. Listening to these Singles and EP 's increase and enrich the overall view of the artistic journey of Dean more than any Greatest Hits. Or at least it complements. The sound (with all the technical issues of remastering and digital enhancements) is flawless. And finally, let's talk about the pocket, which is what it stings: the price of this quadruple disc is simply unbeatable because you can not find anywhere else such a collection for less than € 10 ... There is not.

Cons of it: As usual norm in the record information, notes, credits and accompanying texts conspicuous by their absence. On the other hand, we can not speak of a full compilation for missing the odd composition as "Hey Brother Pour The Wine" , "That's What I Like" or "Once Upon A Time" . Point.

My verdict: The followers of the master are in front of another imperative with which complete the nightclub. I think it was my duty to say it. And we can only give the play , adjust the red scarf, raise your glass and toast the new year is waiting for us just around the corner classy.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Hey pallies, likes man-o-man dudes, incredible, immensely, intensively interestin' Dino-devotion keeps flowin' our way from the pages of the ol' world wide web, and all we can say pallies is that we are greatly grateful to be able to share in with Dino-philes everywhere. Likes, today through the cool courtesy of our pallies at google Dino-'lerts we share with you yet 'nother excellently engagin' example of the liftin' up of the name of our Dino in a recently published book of fiction that accently not only the international nature of Dino-admiration, but the youthful nature of it as well!

From the pages of the 'net presence of the "hindustantimes" from New Delhi,India comes the remarkable read, "An anthology that takes you into the dark places of the mind," by scriber Miss Shikha Kumar. the fascinatin' feature is a portion of a interview with youthful "environmental researcher and author Miss Tejaswini Apte-Rahm" accentin' her "recent debut anthology, These Circuses That Sweep The Landscape" from Aleph.

Likes, what does any of this have to do with our most beloved Dino?, you quire. Well the anthology is a series of short stories and one of 'em puts our King of Cool front and center. As you read in the tag of this Dino-gram, the theme of one of the stories has "A young girl, recovering from the recent death of her father, discovers some Dean Martin records in her dusty attic and falls in love with the singer, who’s long dead."

We did do a bit of research to find out how available this particular tome is and discovered that there are limited print copies (currently 2) on Amazon and that the Kindle edition is the most readily available version. We are most eager to read Apte-Rahm's short Dino-focused story and are pleased that in the interview she stated, "I’m a fan of Dean."

We here at ilovedinomartin salute Miss Tejaswini Apte-Rahm, the author, Miss Shikha Kumar, the scriber, and the pallies at "hindustantimes" for spreadin' the news 'bout this ubber unique way that our Dino is bein' shared. To read the prose in it's entirety, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-message.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

An anthology that takes you into the dark places of the mind

Shikha Kumar

Highlight Story
Having lived in seven countries, Tejaswini-Apte Rahm believes that people, and their dilemmas, are the same everywhere

A young girl, recovering from the recent death of her father, discovers some Dean Martin records in her dusty attic and falls in love with the singer, who’s long dead. A shopaholic woman gets trapped in a mall for a year, and tries desperately to locate the exit. A famed architect, nearing 80, considers a public suicide of his ideas; a beetle collector, overly possessive about his wife, wants to shrink his wife. These wonderfully dark and twisted stories are from environmental researcher and author Tejaswini Apte-Rahm’s recent debut anthology, These Circuses That Sweep The Landscape (Aleph).

Excerpts from an interview:

Tell us more about the Dean Martin story. A girl actually falling in love with a dead singer is quite unnerving.

I’m a fan of Dean, fortunately not to that extent. And often, when I listen to a singer I really admire, I listen very closely. I feel intense emotion, or admiration... a few seconds when your brain goes ‘wow’. And then that moment passes and real life ensues. I got very interested in those intense seconds because I didn’t have the vocabulary to describe that emotion. I could only call it love. And what if it sustains beyond those seconds? I wanted to create a character who experiences that emotion, but that emotion never goes away so it’s a state.

Because the real Dean is not available, the next best thing the girl wants is to be understood and not judged. I felt like that had parallels in real life also – very often, people are judged for who they love and how they love. And this story is one more strand in that larger story.